OneNote – your own electronic TrapperKeeper®

Remember TrapperKeepers®?  Before backpacks became the norm for students to carry everything, there were TrapperKeepers.  One big spiral notebook that snapped closed so papers could not fall out and contained folders and dividers so you could keep all of your school notes in one handy place.

OneNote is part of most Microsoft Office Desktop software packages and is kind of an online TrapperKeeper.  This program allows you create notebooks for projects, meetings, tasks or just screenshots of web pages.   Create a notebook, then add headings and notes, insert  a screen capture from any program on your computer, add audio, video, and other files from your computer or use a screen capture in a document, Outlook emails and meeting requests.    Trapper Keeper

If you use Outlook, you can insert meeting details like date, time, location, attendees and subject into your notebook.  An appointment can also be created using information from a notebook (see image).  Appointment details are created using the information selected in your notebook. Tasks created in OneNote can also integrate with Outlook.

Once you create a notebook, you can share it on a network shared drive, using SharePoint, or a shared folder on your computer.  OneNote will even guide you through setting sharing permissions and create an email with a link to the notebook for other users.

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